# Dobie Grey's Drift Away
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528 "2019-10-26T22:45:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/21 "2019-10-27T13:55:40Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> [Old Time Rock&Roll - Bob Seger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoaAb5MnKtY)
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> [Mr. Bassman - Johnny Cymbal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZr8iReEqMQ)
Not on topic, but at some point in the past I found a MP3 of the [Holy Modal Rounders playing Mr. Spaceman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjF2zase6mM). Flash forward to 60s on 6 Sirius radio and up pops Mr Bassman which was earlier by 1 year. I never knew Spaceman was a parody.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/22 "2019-10-27T14:27:02Z")
C’mon, people: [Jazzman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gy4tlabzB0), by Carole King.
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/23 "2019-10-27T14:44:56Z")
American Pie - Don McLean
Rock and Roll - Velvet Underground
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/24 "2019-10-27T14:56:29Z")
[Six String Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgXhLeXof3k), by Harry Chapin.
[The Muppet Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uI78QMDSq8) version, and the [Smothers Brothers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1MUytzDQog) version.
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/25 "2019-10-27T15:00:41Z")
[It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE) by Billy Joel.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/26 "2019-10-27T15:56:26Z")
[Guitar and Pen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9EdWnSX-c) by the Who
[Generic Uptempo Folk Song](https://vimeo.com/208256482) by the Limelighters
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/27 "2019-10-27T16:08:08Z")
Contents of my “Rock about Rock” playlist (in reverse alphabetical for some reason):
TL/DR’d:
Twisted Sister/I Wanna Rock.mp3
Turtles\_Story of Rock and Roll.mp3
Traffic-R’nR Stew.mp3
The Who - Long Live Rock.mp3
Stray Cats - Rock this Town.mp3
Stones- It’s Only R’nR.mp3
Steve Miller/Rock’nMe.mp3
Steppenwolf/Rock Me.mp3
Slade-Won’t You Rock w Me.mp3
ShaunCassidy/That’s R’nR.mp3
Rock On- David Essex.mp3
Rock ‘N Roll Girls - John Fogerty.mp3
RickDerringer/R’nRHoochieKu.mp3
Reunion/Life Is A Rock.mp3
Rainbow/If U Don’t Lk R’nR.mp3
Queen / We Will Rock You.mp3
OzzyOsbourn/Can’t Kill R’nR.mp3
Neil Young/Rockin’ FreWrld.mp3
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey.mp3
Muddy Waters - Rock Me.mp3
Mott the Hoople/R&R Queen.mp3
Mott the Hoople -Golden Age of RnR.mp3
Moody Blues/Just Singr R’nR.mp3
MeatLoaf-Rock & Roll Dreams.mp3
Marilyn Manson/Rock Is Dead.mp3
Lou Reed/Rock’nRoll.mp3
Led Zep /Rock And Roll.mp3
L\_M/Your Mama Can’t Dance.mp3
Kiss-I Wanna R’nR All Night.mp3
Kinks - R’nR’ Fantasy.mp3
Johnny Rivers/R’inPneumonia.mp3
John Cougar/R.O.C.K. in USA.mp3
Joan Jett - I Love R’nR.mp3
Jethro Tull/Too Old To Rock.mp3
Huey Lewis / Heart of R’nR.mp3
Hendrix /Rock Me Baby.mp3
Heart/Rockin’Heaven Dn.mp3
Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock.mp3
Four Counts/R’nR Good4Soul.mp3
Entwhistle - give me that rock and roll.mp3
Elvis/Jailhouse Rock.mp3
Elton John - Crocodile Rock.mp3
ELO/R’nR is King.mp3
Edgar Winter/Keep Play R’nR.mp3
Edgar Broughton-Hurric&R’nR.mp3
Doobie Bros/Rockin’ Dn Hwy.mp3
Dobie Gray / Drift Away.mp3
DioInferno - Long Live Rn’R.mp3
Detroit/Rock 'n Roll.mp3
Def Leppard/Rock Brigade.mp3
Chuck Berry/Reeling and Rocking.mp3
Chuck Berry-Swt Lil R’nR’er.mp3
Byrds/Wanna Be a R’nR Star.mp3
Boston/Rock & Roll Band.mp3
Bob Seger/R’nR Nvr Forgets.mp3
Bob Seger / Old Time Rn’R.mp3
Bloodrock/ You Gotta Roll.mp3
Billy Squier/Rock me Tonite.mp3
Billy Joel/Still R’nR2Me.mp3
Beatles- Rock 'n roll music.mp3
Beach Boys - Rock And Roll.mp3
Bad Company - R’nR Fantasy.mp3
Archies - Rock’n’roll Music.mp3
April Wine - I like to rock.mp3
Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently.mp3
AC/DC-For Those Abt To Rock.mp3
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/28 "2019-10-27T16:10:23Z")
The Guitar Man - Bread
Bread has many great hits and The Guitar Man is one of their best about the music industry.
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Who draws the crowd and plays so loud
Baby it’s the guitar man
Who’s gonna steal the show
You know, baby, it’s the guitar man
He can make you love
He can make you cry
He will bring you down
Then he’ll get you high
Somethin’ keeps him goin’
Miles and miles a day
To find another place to play
\*
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### Author:  [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/29 "2019-10-27T16:33:42Z")
From Not Fragile by BTO
Rock is My Life, and This is My Song
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLhFu9xr_Q)
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/30 "2019-10-27T17:13:09Z")
> [@AHunter3](#):
>
> Moody Blues/Just Singr R’nR.mp3
That’s not really about the music, though, otherwise I’d have mentioned it in post #9. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/31 "2019-10-27T19:21:24Z")
Yesterday Once More by the Carpenters.
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/32 "2019-10-27T19:27:04Z")
[Tribute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ), by Tenacious D.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/33 "2019-10-27T19:51:36Z")
In the ‘Peel back the curtain’ division we have Blues Traveler’s ‘Hook’. It’s a song about how easy it can be to write a song that people will buy.
> [@](#):
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> It doesn’t matter what I say
> So long as I sing with inflection
> That makes you feel I’ll convey
> Some inner truth or vast reflection
> But I’ve said nothing so far
> And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
> And it don’t matter who you are
> If I’m doing my job then it’s your resolve that breaks
> Because the hook brings you back
> I ain’t tellin’ you no lie
> The hook brings you back
> On that you can rely
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/34 "2019-10-27T20:08:04Z")
> [@mbh](#):
>
> [It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eAQa4MOGkE) by Billy Joel.
[The Entertainer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDSk9XUkrc)
> [@](#):
>
> I am the entertainer
> I come to do my show
> You’ve heard my latest record
> It’s been on the radio
> Ah, it took me years to write it
> They were the best years of my life
> It was a beautiful song
> But it ran too long
> If you’re gonna have a hit
> You gotta make it fit
> So they cut it down to 3:05
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### Author:  [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/35 "2019-10-27T20:28:00Z")
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/36 "2019-10-27T23:25:48Z")
[Twist me to the left!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqsNR1NOwc) Dollyrots. of course.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/37 "2019-10-28T00:06:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
>
> I am the entertainer
> I come to do my show
> You’ve heard my latest record
> It’s been on the radio
I’m not really sure how it goes; but it’s sad, and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes…
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/38 "2019-10-28T12:47:02Z")
_Hook_ by Blues Traveler. Though, as you can see by the [lyrics](https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+blues+traveler+lyrics&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&oq=hook+bl&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.5704j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) it’s less a tribute and more a cynical commentary.
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### Author:  [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/39 "2019-10-28T15:19:07Z")
Thank You For the Music - Abba
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dobie-greys-drift-away/842528/40 "2019-10-28T15:32:47Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
>
> _Hook_ by Blues Traveler. Though, as you can see by the [lyrics](https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+blues+traveler+lyrics&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&oq=hook+bl&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i57j0l3.5704j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) it’s less a tribute and more a cynical commentary.
Oops, **Jonathan Chance** beat me to it :smack: Mea culpa
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